HTTP request with post-file json data throwing errors

[indiranell]

How to make bees attack command for the below scenario:

POST HTTP request with input data(sample.json)

bees attack -n 100 -c 100 -XPOST -u 'http://qainterview.pythonanywhere.com/' -H Accept:/ -P application/json -p sample.json

and sample.json has below input data

{
"number": 20
}
Getting HTTP Error 500 from the server, Is this error related to input data format?

Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/usr/lib/python2.7/threading.py", line 810, in __bootstrap_inner
self.run()
File "/usr/lib/python2.7/threading.py", line 763, in run
self.__target(*self.__args, **self.__kwargs)
File "build/bdist.linux-x86_64/egg/beeswithmachineguns/bees.py", line 764, in attack
_sting(param)
File "build/bdist.linux-x86_64/egg/beeswithmachineguns/bees.py", line 383, in _sting
response = urlopen(request)
File "/usr/local/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/future-0.16.0-py2.7.egg/future/backports/urllib/request.py", line 171, in urlopen
return opener.open(url, data, timeout)
File "/usr/local/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/future-0.16.0-py2.7.egg/future/backports/urllib/request.py", line 500, in open
response = meth(req, response)
File "/usr/local/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/future-0.16.0-py2.7.egg/future/backports/urllib/request.py", line 612, in http_response
'http', request, response, code, msg, hdrs)
File "/usr/local/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/future-0.16.0-py2.7.egg/future/backports/urllib/request.py", line 538, in error
return self._call_chain(*args)
File "/usr/local/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/future-0.16.0-py2.7.egg/future/backports/urllib/request.py", line 466, in _call_chain
result = func(*args)
File "/usr/local/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/future-0.16.0-py2.7.egg/future/backports/urllib/request.py", line 620, in http_error_default
raise HTTPError(req.full_url, code, msg, hdrs, fp)
HTTPError: HTTP Error 500: Internal Server Error

Can someone please help me in correcting the input data file or share a sample post request with sample input data.

[Spencer-Doak]

A few things:

1. Typically, in HTTP, you send the header: "Accept: /", not "Accept:/"
2. Regardless of the Accept header provided, your request will not work because the site referenced expects application/x-www-form-urlencoded input, not application/json, in which case your sample input should be something like number=20.

All of that said, this is not an issue with the code-base of this application. This is an issue related to improper usage.

[indiranell]

Thanks for the clarification. Closing this issue